Chris Gardner Quotes

I've been saying to people for a long time, 'If you're not doing something you're tremendously excited about, and you're not feeling passionate about it, you're compromising yourself every day.'

Chris Gardner

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At some points, I wanted to quit. There were surgeries after surgeries, and I didn't really believe in myself. I didn't feel good about my body.

Joel Embiid

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Despite my fierce opposition to the bill, I signed up for insurance through the exchanges and instructed my staff do the same.

Jeff Duncan

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I was very aware of the fact we were so out of fashion when I shot 'Chicago.' And I was trepidatious as to whether it would be seen or embraced by anybody, but I've never stopped believing in the genre. There's nothing like it. It's American-born.

Rob Marshall

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I've always sought to get after something that's foundational in people. That comes through my faith, through my belief in life, through trying to hit something that's true every time. I think that's really where you move people, when you touch on something that's true, that's not based on fluff or based on a moment or a movement.

Mat Kearney

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Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.

Mindy Kaling

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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

Lou Holtz

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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

Josh Billings

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Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me.

Jordan Peterson

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We have to rediscover the eternal values and then live them out.

Jordan Peterson

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I didn't get this physique by not eating tacos.

Jon Tester

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It bothers me that people who should know better believe a glossy magazine fantasy.

Christoph Waltz

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Art historical reference is like learning to drive a car - you always know how to drive even though you're not analysing how.

Cornelia Parker

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